Joseph Friedrich Ernst (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)

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Prince Joseph of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Joseph Friedrich Ernst Meinrad Karl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (* May 24, 1702 in Sigmaringen ; † December 8, 1769 in Haag Castle, Haigerloch ) was the fifth Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1715 to 1769 .

Life

Joseph was the eldest son of Prince Meinrad II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1673–1715) from his marriage to Johanna Katharina (1678–1759), daughter of Count Johann Anton I of Montfort-Tettnang . Initially raised by his mother, he moved to his father, who was stationed in Vienna , as a result of the chaos of the War of the Spanish Succession . Joseph's training began here, which was continued on site after his parents returned to Sigmaringen in 1714.

After the death of his father, Joseph succeeded him as Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, but as a minor he was still under the tutelage of his ruling mother until 1720. A crown prince came of age at the age of 18. Shortly before taking office, Joseph entered the Austrian military, where he achieved the rank of general of the cavalry and finally the position of field marshal lieutenant of the Swabian district . Under Joseph, a rapprochement with the Electorate of Bavaria was achieved again and after the election of Emperor Charles VII , the latter appointed Joseph his privy councilor .

Joseph was an avid hunter and in 1727 had the Josefslust wildlife park created near Sigmaringen. In 1736 he modernized and rebuilt Sigmaringen Castle . In addition, he had the knight's hall there converted into an ancestral hall. The so-called Fürst-Josephs-Bau is a reminder of this time. Joseph was known as a patron of art . In Sigmaringen he built the parish church of St. Johann, the Josefskapelle, the hunting lodge in Josefslust and in Haigerloch, which he preferred to his residence in Sigmaringen, the church of St. Anna . He also had the local castle church of St. Trinitatis (Haigerloch) lavishly baroque. The artists Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger , Johann Georg Weckenmann and Andreas Meinrad von Ow worked in Sigmaringen. The prince was responsible for the canonization of Father Fidelis von Sigmaringen and is considered a sponsor of the school and church system.

Marriages and offspring

In his first marriage, Joseph married Marie Franziska (1703–1737), daughter of Prince Franz Albrecht zu Oettingen-Spielberg on May 20, 1722 in Oettingen , who brought him a considerable fortune. He had the following children with her:

⚭ 1749 Countess Johanna von Hohenzollern-Berg (1727–1787)
  • Maria Johanna (1726–1793), nun in Buchau
  • Maria Amalia (1729-1730)
  • Meinrad (1732–1733)
  • Maria Anna (* / † 1736)
  • Son (* / † 1737)

The following emerged from Joseph's second marriage to Judith (1718–1743), daughter of Count Franz Anton von Closen, Baron von Arnstorf, whom he married on July 5, 1738:

  • Karl Albert (* / † 1741)
  • Maria Amalia (* / † 1742)
  • Maria Theresa (* / † 1743)

His third marriage was on October 22, 1743, with Maria Theresia (1696–1761), daughter of Count Christoph Franz von Waldburg zu Trauchburg; he had no children with her.

See also

literature

  • Otto Hintze : The Hohenzollern and their work 1415-1915. Verlag A. Steiger, Solingen 1982, ISBN 3-921564-18-2 .
  • Günter Schmitt : Sigmaringen. In: Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3: Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 41-62.
  • Gustav Schilling: History of the House of Hohenzollern in genealogically continuous biographies of all its rulers from the oldest to the most recent times, according to documents and other authentic sources. Fleischer, Leipzig 1843, p. 283ff. .

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predecessor Office successor
Meinrad II. Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1715–1769 		Karl Friedrich
Franz Christoph Anton Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
1767–1769 		Karl Friedrich
personal data
SURNAME Joseph Friedrich Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Joseph Friedrich Ernst Meinrad Karl Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1702
PLACE OF BIRTH Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1769
Place of death Haag Castle, Haigerloch